Advocates on ending the use of plastic disposable diapers

My baby has a rash because of his plastic, disposable diapers!

Diaper Rash

All parents know the tell-tale signs of diaper rash: that pitifully red, raw skin around your beautiful baby’s bottom, but how many parents know that the culprit behind this cringe-worthy breakout is your baby’s diaper?

Diaper rash is caused by excessive moisture against skin—in other words, diaper rash happens when your baby’s diaper keeps that pee so well contained that your child is sitting and lying in its own urine. It’s hard to fault a product for doing too good of a job (no leaks! hooray!), and, yet, isn’t there a flaw in the design of that product if one of the results of using it is an angry eruption of that baby-soft skin? We know that diaper rash is the product of plastic, disposable diapers because diaper rash wasn’t a problem before the 1940s, which is when diapers started to be made with plastic and rubber. We also know that babies who wear cloth diapers—made of breathable and natural cotton—don’t get nearly as many cases of diaper rash as those who wear their plastic counterparts. So, the only thing we don’t know is why no one has come up with a better diaper… one that doesn’t leak, sure, but one that isn’t leak-proof at the cost of your baby’s health.

It takes one whole cup ofcrude oil to make just one of my baby’s plastic disposable diapers! That’s 238 gallons of crude oil! OMG!

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We hate to be all doom and gloom, but there’s an ecological crisis happening right under our noses and it smells like dirty diapers! Billions of plastic, disposable diapers are accumulating in our landfills and wreaking havoc with our environment. We at Diaper Doom can’t stand the stench any longer and feel it’s time to air out the disaster that is the diaper industry! It’s time for change!